Each year in Marseille, at the Mercato time, it is the same catchphrase. To honor its secular motto “Right to goal”, OM sets out to find an attacker. With in recent years good picks such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexis Sanchez, but without commitment over time. And with some stinging failures also, like an Elye Wahi, however recruited at a price of gold in Lens, to be sold in the process in Frankfurt.
This winter, the Olympians got their hands on Amine Gouiri. A priori a good choice. But the former Lyonnais, Niçois and Rennais is not a pure center center, and it is this very specific profile that Pablo Longoria intends to find this summer with the help of its sports director Medhi Benatia. If possible at a lower cost. Or even without transfer to settle.
The correspondent in Marseille de RMC, Florent Germain, confirms the will of the Marseille management to focus on free players to strengthen the workforce during the next offseason. With already a priority target with regard to the outposts: the Lille Jonathan David, at the end of the contract with the DOGUES.
Competition for OM
Four months ago, the Canadian goalscorer confirmed to have proposals for extension to LOSC. With La Voix du Nord, the interested party was blowing while his future was playing “50-50”, between a departure and a new northern lease. Today, and more than ever, however, it is the exit door that takes shape for the player recruited in 2020 from the Gantoise for 27 million euros.
A 25-year-old native of New York has never hidden his attraction for La Liga, where Barça and Atlético have already been interested in the past. Manchester United, Newcastle or Napoli would have come to information also, that is to say if the competition promises to be tough for OM. The qualification for the Champions League seems to be an imperative prerequisite in this case for the Olympians. Case to follow.
